Practical Cultural Psychiatry - Softcover

Bhugra, Dinesh; Bhui; Ventriglio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198723199 ISBN 13: 9780198723196

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Over the past decade, cultural psychiatry has become an increasingly important branch of psychiatric research. From the impact of cultural factors on causation, expression, and management of mental health disorders to the development and acceptance of cultural formulation in recent research, it is evident that cultures play a major role in both the genesis and management of psychiatric symptoms.

Practical Cultural Psychiatry is a succinct, practical handbook focusing on the clinical impact culture has on mental health disorders worldwide. Covering key topics on migration, racism, self-identity, and social networks, this resource offers practical advice on assessing, investigating, and managing psychiatric conditions. The authors place particular focus on how clinicians can approach patients from different cultural backgrounds than their own to promote pathways to care and patient experience.

Written by leading voices in this expanding field, Practical Cultural Psychiatry is a useful tool for all mental health clinicians wishing to improve their approach to multiculturalism and cultural identity in daily practice.

About this title

About the Author:

Dinesh Bhugra, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Centre for Affective Disorders Kings College,London, London, UK,Antonio Ventriglio, Psychiatrist, Department of Mental Health, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy,Kamaldeep S. Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Centre Lead for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry. Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK

Professor Dinesh Bhugra is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. Past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. President of the World Psychiatric Association for a three year term, 2014-2017. Non-Executive Director Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust (special interest in BAME needs and cultural mediation).

Dr Antonio Ventriglio is a psychiatrist working at the Department of Mental Health, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.

Professor Kamaldeep S. Bhui is Professor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry.

Review:

"The book's great strengths are its most respected authors, so it comes with high expectations which I believe it has fullfilled ... it has helped me further understand my own culteral identity and how ic an relate this knowledge to help my patients." -- BMA reviewing panel, BMA Medical Book Awards 2019

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0198723199
• ISBN 13: 9780198723196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182